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Your analysis is correct. The airplane only cares about the piece of air it's flying in, and the only way you should float excessively is if your approach speed (IAS) is fast. If you're on-speed or close when you touch down, the airplane should land normally, and full flaps will of course shorten your landing roll considerably, and/or require brake application at a lower groundspeed ($$). Drag is your friend.
Not to say that if the wind is gusty or flukey, you shouldn't probably add a bit of speed on final, just not too much. From my airline experience, the 'book' usually specified half the gust factor, not to exceed 10-15 knots. Of course, that's for heavier aircraft, less affected by wind transients, but I still can't imagine why adding anything over that in our Skymasters would be necessary.
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